He definitely put the team and management in a tough spot but if Lou wasn't 100% sure he was coming back, then he should have been traded because now the team is obviously left with a Gaping hole that could've been filled by some other player that was available during the off-season and there were no moves that were made.
The team lucked out the first 10 games of the season. This is the real team now and it's not good enough.
It wasn't a fluke that the team didn't make the playoffs the year Parise was injured.
He was a major part of the team and they should have been better prepared to lose him.
That's all I'm saying.

Parise played at least a quarter of the time they were sucking ass that season. It didnt have anything to do with Zach. That season came down to terrible coaching for half the year

He definitely put the team and management in a tough spot but if Lou wasn't 100% sure he was coming back, then he should have been traded because now the team is obviously left with a Gaping hole that could've been filled by some other player that was available during the off-season and there were no moves that were made.
The team lucked out the first 10 games of the season. This is the real team now and it's not good enough.
It wasn't a fluke that the team didn't make the playoffs the year Parise was injured.
He was a major part of the team and they should have been better prepared to lose him.
That's all I'm saying.

Parise was kept because making the playoffs were key to the financial viability of the franchise.

Took us to the cup right. One badish season and it's the world is falling the hell apart.

It's not just one badish season. What about 2011? Missing the playoffs after just 2 wins away from being Cup champs is completely unacceptable and Lou needs to be held accountable. BigZ said it best:

but if Lou wasn't 100% sure he was coming back, then he should have been
traded because now the team is obviously left with a Gaping hole that
could've been filled by some other player that was available during the
off-season and there were no moves that were made.